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Fourth Circuit Grants Rehearing of Its Prior Affirmance, Vacates ALJ’s Award of Benefits (Coastal Coal Corp. v. Director, OWCP [Miller])

In an interesting (but opaque) unpublished decision from earlier this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has changed course in a case…

Three Fourth Circuit Decisions Affirming Awards of Black Lung Benefits (Island Creek Coal Co. v. Dykes, NBL Coal Co. v. Director, OWCP [Moore], and Island Creek Coal Co. v. Hargett))

In three cases in the past couple weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed awards of federal black lung benefits. The unpublished…